Shock after close call with e-scooter

A pensioner has told of her shock after narrowly avoiding a collision with an illegally riden e-scooter.

Caroline Keene, 72, of Goring, was making her weekly journey into Worthing town centre while her husband played golf last Saturday.

As she stepped off the bus at about 10am, just outside Marks & Spencer in Worthing, an electric scooter, also known as an e-scooter, went past and nearly knocked her off her feet.

She said: “I didn’t see the person coming so I took a step off the bus and I just froze on the spot.

“They just went whizzing straight in front of me and I stopped dead in my tracks, but if I had taken one more step I could have been hit.

“The person just carried on with no apology and didn’t slow down.

“It wasn’t until the lady who was behind me said what could have happened that it dawned on me – I could have ended up in A&E, or much worse.

“The ordeal did leave me in shock for a little bit.”

Caroline said she reported the incident at Worthing Police Station, where officers informed her it was illegal for people to ride e-scooters on pavements and roads.